Missouri S&T Psychological Science

05/20/2026

Congratulations to the Psychology Club for receiving S&T Student Council's Outstanding New Student Organization of the Year Award for 2026! During the pandemic the club had gone dormant but thanks to committed Psychology majors it is back and better than ever! Pictured: President of Psychology Club Celia Freed accepting the award on behalf of the organization.

Follow their Instagram and keep up with all their great events during the school year at: https://www.instagram.com/mstpsychclub?igsh=ZW82cDFjbXk4aWM4

05/13/2026

Congratulations to all our Graduating Seniors! 🎓 Meet Kathryn Darr!
After graduation, Katie will be starting a new role as a founding faculty member at a new veterinary school program. She's excited for the opportunity to help build curriculum and contribute to the development of an innovative educational environment from the ground up.
Completing her master’s degree in Industrial-Organizational Psychology has strengthened her interests in leadership development, organizational well-being, training, and educational innovation. She looks forward to applying many of these principles within veterinary education, particularly in areas related to student learning, professional development, and creating supportive, effective learning environments.
She's excited to combine her backgrounds in veterinary medicine, shelter medicine, and psychology as she begins this next chapter.
We can't wait to see all you'll accomplish Katie! 🎉

05/13/2026

Congratulations to our 2026 Recipients of the Psychology Student Awards!
Pictured Left to Right: Ava Berutti received an Outstanding Senior Award, Carson Dudley received an Outstanding Senior Award, Mya McClain received an Outstanding Senior Award, Celia Freed received the Sue Olson Award for Research and Julien Hanson received the Outstanding Research Award!
Not Pictured: Tinley Beecham received the Outstanding Service Award!

05/12/2026

Congratulations to all our Graduating Seniors!🎉
Meet Tinley Beecham! Tinley plans for after graduation are to attend Bradley University to get her masters in school counseling and travel the United States. We are so excited to see all the places you'll go! 🎓

04/30/2026

Congrats to Dr. Clair Kueny, chair and associate professor of psychological science, who has been appointed as the Chair of the Teaching Committee for the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology. This is a two-year term leading national initiatives related to advancing graduate education and graduate programming for SIOP.

04/21/2026

We had another successful Midwest Psych Association conference in April! The Psychological Science Department sent three students this year. Celia Freed (under direction of Dr. Clair Kueny) presented her poster on "Interrupting Bias: Implementing Behavior-Based Rubrics to Improve Faculty Evaluations." Julien Hanson (under the direction of Dr. Amy Belfi) presented his poster on the "Timing of Music-Evoked Emotion and Memory Across the Lifespan." And Jason Archuleta presented his project from the undergraduate Research Methods class on the "Cognitive Costs of Empathy: Replication and Extension of Cameron et al. (2019)."

04/09/2026

Our own Dr. Amber Henslee earned the CASE Dean's Medal! CONGRATULATIONS!!!

Dr. Amber Henslee, an associate professor of psychological science at Missouri S&T, was awarded the Dean’s Medal for Outstanding Commitment to Undergraduate Student Success in the College of Arts, Sciences, and Education (CASE) at S&T.

04/09/2026

Giving Days 2026 Has Officially Kicked Off!

S&T Giving Days is your chance to make a difference in just 1,870 minutes! From Thursday, April 9 at 9:00 AM to Friday, April 10 at 4:10 PM, you have the opportunity to help support our students. All it takes is a one-time donation of $18.70 to make an impact.

Your gift to the Psychology Department directly boosts student opportunities that make a real difference! Donations allow our students to lead our educational high school summer programs, such as Mining the Mind, a five-day camp focusing on psychology, research methods, and brain activity. Here, they inspire the next generation of psychology majors!

Your support keeps our programs thriving, giving S&T students the opportunities to learn, research, and grow.

Learn more about how you can support S&T and our amazing students at https://www.givecampus.com/s/sg1vgi.

04/09/2026

This summer, the Psychological Science department is once again hosting Mining the Mind, a camp for high school students to learn about Psychology. This year, the camp runs Sunday, June 14 - Thursday, June 18 and is open to students from 14 to 18 years of age.
Campers work closely with undergraduate students, faculty, and one another to design and implement a psychology study that aligns with their interests.
If you know anyone who might be interested, please direct them to

Catering to students with diverse academic backgrounds and career aspirations, Mining the Mind provides a fast-paced, challenging, and enriching experience that is fun, inspirational, and educational.

04/07/2026

Happy Giving Day 2026!
S&T Giving Days is your chance to make a difference in just 1,870 minutes! From Thursday, April 9 at 9:00 AM to Friday, April 10 at 4:10 PM, you have the opportunity to help support our students. All it takes is a one-time donation of $18.70 to make an impact.
Meet Celia Freed, a junior majoring in psychology, planning to one day earn a master's degree in industrial-organizational psychology. As a freshman, she joined S&T's First-Year Research Experience (FYRE) program and started working on data analysis. She worked to analyze faculty evaluations from their supervisors to look for biases in the review process. She even presented her research findings to dozens of faculty members at a leadership workshop for evaluation rubrics and best practices.
She enjoyed the research aspects of learning so much that she joined S&T's Opportunities for Undergraduate Search Experiences (OURE) program to continue working in the psychology laboratories. Apart from research, she previously worked the department's "Mining the Mind" summer camp.

Your support helps students like Celia, giving them the opportunities to learn, research, and grow.
Learn more about how you can support S&T and our amazing students at https://www.givecampus.com/s/sg1vgi.